This US-only 12-inch vinyl release was compiled from material previously released only in the UK.

To Hell With Poverty and Capital (It Fails Us Now) were released in the UK as a two-track single; History’s Bunk is the b-side of the UK single What We All Want, all released in the UK in 1981. The last two tracks are from a live show recorded at the Hammersmith Palais, London, on 30^th March, 1981.

Nick Launay produced the three studio recordings on the EP at Townhouse Studios in London, having just co-produced Pil’s The Flowers of Romance album, as well as working with The Jam and XTC.

“Caveats about live-version/album-available EP rip-offs don’t apply to this product, which adds the militantly dialectical ‘History’s Bunk!’ and the U.K.-only outside-agitating ‘Capital (It Fails Us Now)’ to the endlessly repeatable ‘To Hell With Poverty’ on the all-studio A and debuts concert versions of the undeniable ‘What We All Want’ and the ineffable ‘Cheeseburger’ on the B. Hungry Americans who find Solid Gold dry should taste-test these juicy, nutritious remakes.” – Robert Christgau, 1981.